Test2::Util::Stash(3perl)                     Perl Programmers Reference Guide


NAME
       Test2::Util::Stash - Utilities for manipulating stashes and globs.

DESCRIPTION
       This is a collection of utilities for manipulating and inspecting
       package stashes and globs.

EXPORTS
       $stash = get_stash($package)
           Gets the package stash. This is the same as "$stash =
           \%Package::Name::".

       $sym_spec = parse_symbol($symbol)
       $sym_spec = parse_symbol($symbol, $package)
           Parse a symbol name, and return a hashref with info about the
           symbol.

           $symbol can be a simple name, or a fully qualified symbol name. The
           sigil is optional, and "&" is assumed if none is provided. If
           $symbol is fully qualified, and $package is also provided, then the
           package of the symbol must match the $package.

           Returns a structure like this:

               return {
                   name    => 'BAZ',
                   sigil   => '$',
                   type    => 'SCALAR',
                   symbol  => '&Foo::Bar::BAZ',
                   package => 'Foo::Bar',
               };

       $glob_ref = get_glob($symbol)
       $glob_ref = get_glob($symbol, $package)
           Get a glob ref. Arguments are the same as for "parse_symbol".

       $ref = get_symbol($symbol)
       $ref = get_symbol($symbol, $package)
           Get a reference to the symbol. Arguments are the same as for
           "parse_symbol".

       $ref = purge_symbol($symbol)
       $ref = purge_symbol($symbol, $package)
           Completely remove the symbol from the package symbol table.
           Arguments are the same as for "parse_symbol". A reference to the
           removed symbol is returned.

       $sig = slot_to_sig($slot)
           Convert a slot (like 'SCALAR') to a sigil (like '$').

       $slot = sig_to_slot($sig)
           Convert a sigil (like '$') to a slot (like 'SCALAR').

SOURCE
       The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at
       https://github.com/Test-More/Test2-Suite/.

MAINTAINERS
       Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

AUTHORS
       Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2018 Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

       See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/

perl v5.40.0                      2024-09-01         Test2::Util::Stash(3perl)